Local Obituaries for Families in Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos, and Los Alamos, New Mexico
Dr. Jack R. Paule
Jan 13, 2011
Dr. Jack R. Paule, age 80 of El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM. died peacefully on January 13, 2011 in Santa Fe. He owned and operated Yucca Veterinary Clinic for many years, was a USDA meat inspector-Pathologist, before retiring. He was a lieutenant with The United States Navy during the Korean conflict, and was an avid Amateur "HAM" radio operator...
Jerome Talachy
Jan 13, 2011
Jerome Talachy, age 45 of Alcalde, NM. died peacefully on Thursday january 13, 2011. He was courageous in dealing with health complications but was cared for by a loving family. He was preceded in death by his mother Emily Talachy, and brothers Gilbert Gonzales, Phillip Talachy and Valentin Romero. He is survived by his father Phillip Talachy of Alcalde, his...
Richard N. Tipton
Jan 13, 2011
Richard Nevin Tipton May 20, 1946 January 13, 2011 Dick was an interesting, sincere and thoughtful man, totally without pretense or guile. Possessed of a creative and inquisitive intellect, he always surprised us with his unusual points of view and original wit. He was funny! He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Architecture, but...
Richard Andrew Griscom
Jan 12, 2011
Richard Andrew Griscom 1935 - 2011 Richard Andrew Griscom died on January 12, 2011 at home in his beloved Galisteo. He died in the arms of the woman he loved, his wife, Janice Felty Griscom. He was an authentic, kind, and engaged man with infectious optimism and curiosity about the world around him. He was committed to the spirit of...
Mary Joan Scherer
Jan 12, 2011
Mary Joan Harper Scherer of Los Luceros died peacefully on January 12th, 2011. The daughter of Joseph W. and Anne Katherine Adams Harper, Joan was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1925. She graduated from First Avenue Presbyterian School in Atlanta. In 1946 she married Richard M. Scherer of Dayton, Ohio. She moved to New Mexico in 1992. Joan was a...
Thomas Ortega
Jan 10, 2011
Thomas Ortega, 82 of Questa passed away January 10, 2011. He was born May 11, 1928 to Juan and Candelaria Ortega in Llano Quemado. He lost both of his parents at an early age. He lived with uncles and aunts in Lama. He attended school in Questa and moved to California with his brother where he worked in the shipyards...
Cecilia Cruz
Jan 10, 2011
Cecilia Cruz of Talpa passed away on January 10, 2011. Cecilia is survived by her husband Gilbert Cruz, son Joseph Cruz and his wife Jeannette, son Rocky Cruz and his wife Poppy, daughter Ida Mondragon and her husband John, seven grand children, three great-grand children and her sister Emily Smith. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mountain...
Isabel B. Tapia
Jan 9, 2011
Isabel B. Tapia, 89, lifelong resident of Santa Fe, passed away on January 9th, after a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fidel; her adoptive mother, Ferminia; and her sons, Rudy and Orlando. She is survived by her children, Olivia; Dolores (Joe); Corrine (Gary); Diego (Alice); and Fred (Vanessa); 9 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. A...
Eralia Padilla
Jan 7, 2011
Eralia Lala Padilla, 89, passed away on January 07, 2011 at her home in Des Montes. Ms. Padilla was born in Des Montes on June 29, 1921 to Juan and Apolonita Padilla. She is preceded in death by her parents, Juan and Apolonita Padilla, her brothers, Levi (Eufemia), Melesandro (Estella) and Eleuto Padilla all of Des Montes, her sons, Juan...
Gloria Santistevan Alaniz
Jan 7, 2011
Gloria Santistevan Alaniz, 63, of Taos passed away on January 07, 2011. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ruben and Delia Santistevan, brothers, Henry, Leo, Toby, David and Jimmy Santistevan, sisters, Evelyn Medina and Elsie Griego. She is survived by her husband, Octavio Arvizuo, children, Manuel Santistevan, Robert Santistevan (Juliana) and Lorraine Rascon (Octavio), grandchildren, Robert, Crystal, Johnny,...
Virginia L. Vargas
Jan 6, 2011
Virginia L. Vargas, 106, of Canon passed away January 6, 2011. She is preceded in death by husband, Juan Andres Vargas, parents, Cleotilde and Silviano Trujillo and daughter, Irene Vargas. She is survived by her children, Elizaida Holloway (Floyd), Felipe Vargas, Virginia Romero (Gaby), Andres Vargas (Eugenia), Alice Vargas, Frances Allred (Wiz), numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, special loyal...
Sylvia E. Martinez
Jan 6, 2011
Sylvia E. Martínez, 72, died at her home, surrounded by loved ones, on January 6, 2011. Born in Las Vegas, New Mexico on February 5, 1938 Sylvia attended Las Vegas High School from which she graduated in 1956. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Education from New Mexico Highlands University where she met Rudolfo Rudy Martínez. She and Rudy...
May Harrover
Jan 6, 2011
May Harrover died January 6 at Taos Retirement Village at age 101. May had been a resident of Taos since 1952, coming here after living in Innsbruck, Austria, and Paris after World War II. As a young woman May skied the Austrian Alps and bicycled all over Paris. May studied economics at Stanford University. She worked on the Navajo Reservation...
Enedine Vigil
Jan 4, 2011
Enedine Vigil, 33, of Los Angeles, CA, and formally of Taos, passed away unexpectedly on January 4, 2011. At the time of her passing, she was living in Hollywood pursuing her dream of working in the film industry as a make-up artist. Vigil grew up in New Mexico but moved to California to attend the Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology....
Alonzo Trujillo
Jan 3, 2011
Alonzo Al Trujillo, 59, of Talpa passed away on January 03, 2011. He is preceded in death by his brother, Danny Trujillo, nephews, Marcos Trujillo and Eli Gonzales. He is survived by his partner, Betty Mares, daughters, Joanelle Hardcastle (Chris), Teodora Trujillo and Adelina Gonzales (Adonais), grandchildren, Donavan, Pierce, and Aryn Summer Hardcastle, Fabian and Mia Gonzales, parents, Amarante and...
Robin Lee Martinez
Jan 1, 2011
Mr. Robin Lee Martinez, age 54 of Tierra Amarilla, NM. died peacefully on January 1, 2011. He was born to Alfonso and Carmen Martinez in San Francisco, CA. on 8/26/56. He served his country proudly as a Lance Corporal in The United States Marine Corps. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfonso and Carmen Martinez; brother, Byron Martinez;...
